Doctor Who Guide: The Crusade - The Wheel of Fortune

Last updated 23 March 2024

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The Wheel of Fortune

Series Episode Number: 66

World Premiere: Sat 10 Apr 1965 - 5:41pm BST [BBC One] (United Kingdom)
Running Time: 24 minutes 51 seconds

9.00 Million (UK)

Appreciation Index: 49 (UK)

Chart Position: 32 () (UK)

Recorded on Fri 19 Mar 1965 in Riverside 1
Archive State: 16mm t/r

The King's sister befriends the Doctor and Vicki and solicits the Doctor's help in discovering what plans her brother has. Barbara finds shelter, but El Akir's men are closing in.

Characters include uncredited
Dr. Who		William Hartnell
Ian Chesterton		William Russell
Barbara Wright		Jacqueline Hill
Vicki		Maureen O'Brien
Richard the Lionheart		Julian Glover
Saladin		Bernard Kay
Saphadin		Roger Avon
Joanna		Jean Marsh
El Akir		Walter Randall
Haroun ed-Din		George Little
Earl of Leicester		John Bay
Ben Daheer		Reg Pritchard
Chamberlain		Robert Lankesheer
Safiya		Petra Markham
Turkish Bandit		David Brewster
Saracen Warrior		Anthony Colby
Saracen Warrior		Chris Konyils
Saracen Warrior		Ramond Novak

Production Team hide uncredited
Writer		David Whitaker
Director		Douglas Camfield
Producer		Verity Lambert
Designer		Barry Newbery
Incidental Music		Dudley Simpson
Title Music		Ron Grainer
with the		BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Script Editor		Dennis Spooner
Film Cameraman		Peter Hamilton (uncredited)
Film Editor		Pam Bosworth (uncredited)
Fight Arranger		Derek Ware (uncredited)
Costume Designer		Daphne Dare (uncredited)
Studio Lighting		Ralph Walton (uncredited)
Studio Sound		Brian Hiles (uncredited)
Make-up Designer		Sonia Markham (uncredited)
Special Sound		Brian Hodgson (uncredited)
Assistant Floor Manager		Michael E Briant (uncredited)
Production Assistant		Viktors Ritelis (uncredited)
Title Music Arranger		Delia Derbyshire (uncredited)
Title Sequence		Bernard Lodge (uncredited)
Director's Assistant		Shirley Coward (uncredited)
Floor Assistant		Trevor Beckett (uncredited)
Technical Manager(TM2)		Mark Lewis (uncredited)
Vision Mixer		John Lopes (uncredited)
Grams Operator		Nick Ware (uncredited)

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